Climate averages 1991–2020
Esmeraldas weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Esmeraldas: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tumaco (133 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Esmeraldas, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Esmeraldas ranks 2nd of 9 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 9 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 9 cities is 22.8°C; Esmeraldas is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Esmeraldas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 256 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 244 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 203 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 204 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 149 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 109 | 16.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 27.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 98 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 27.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 76 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 67 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 62 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 76 | 10.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 27.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 138 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Tumaco in AugustColombia · 133 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 210 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in AugustEcuador · 145 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Ibarra in AugustEcuador · 183 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Tulcán in AugustEcuador · 216 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Ipiales in AugustColombia · 224 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Portoviejo in AugustEcuador · 241 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Pasto in AugustColombia · 266 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in AugustEcuador · 348 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 101 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Esmeraldas) is explained once on the Esmeraldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.